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No. 6l8,569. Patented Ian. 3|, I899.

D. J. GUE.

CUFF ATTACHMENT.

(Application filed Jan. 29, 1898.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID J. GUE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO FRANK JULIANPRICE, OF SAME PLACE.

CUFF ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 618,569, dated January31, 1899.

Application filed January 29 1898. Serial No. 668,376. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, DAVID J. GUE, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, (Blythebourne,) Kings county, New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Cuff Attachments, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in end attachments, and has for itsobject the provision of suitable means whereby the plain round orordinary cuff (as distinguished from what is known as the link-cuff) maybe changed into what is known as a link-cuff, and, further, anadditional object attained is that of making said and reversible.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is aperspective View of my inventionas it appears in operation. Fig. 2 is a cross-section of Fig. 1 throughthe operative parts, and Fig. 3 is a detailed view of a preferable form.

A is a cufi of the ordinary plain round type,

into a link-cud by means of the attachment made the subject=matter ofthis application.

B is a button of the type known as a link cuff-button.

O is the wristband of a shirt.

D is the button employed to secure the edges of the wristband togetherin the usual way.

The device by which I accomplish the hereinbefore-named objectscomprises a detachable member formed of a plurality of wing members E FG. These wing members are united at a common axis, and each memberthereof is preferably of approximately the same length, as shown in Fig.3, for the purpose hereinafter set forth.

In Figs. 1 and 2 the members E and F are shown as slightly shorter thanthe member G for the purpose of making it'clear that it is not essentialthat all of the said members.

shall be of the same length.

In operation when it is desired to transform an ordinary plain roundcuff into a link-cuff two of the flaps E and F are placed on oppositesides of the cuff adjacent one of the buttonholes at the rear thereof,and to secure said parts together a button II of the ordinary kind isused,-which may pass through suitable buttonholes in the wings or mem--bers E and F and the cuff A. (See Fig. 2.) When the attachment has beenthus secured to the cuff, the third wing G constitutes a flap projectingbeyond the edge of the cuff and affording a means whereby the said edgemay be connected to the button which holds the ends of the wristbands,this flap extension providing such a means as is common in alllink-cuflis whereby the cuff may be adjusted without distorting the samein such a manner as to prevent the proper use of the linkbutton B,previously referred to.

The means employed for securing together the cuff and the attachingmember-to wit, a button-may be entirely detachable from the said partsor may be carried by one of the members E or F. If desirable, in placeof a buttonhole in the projecting flap G the button by which thesaidflap is secured to the wristband may be carried by the said flap. It isdesirable, however, that the attaching member herein described should beprovided only with buttonholes, as that is the simplest form,

although I desire to have it understood that- I contemplate that abutton may be carried by one or more of the wing members and still bewithin the spirit and scope of my invention.

In using the term button I intend to include thereby studs, hooks, orother mechanical equivalents.

I have referred to the detailed View, Fig. 3, as illustrating apreferable form of cuff attachment, and in said Fig. 3 I haveillustrated all of the said wing members as approximately the samelength. The advantage gained by making the members E F G, Fig. 3, ofapproximately the same length is that by so doing the same are renderedinterchangeable'that is to say, any two of the three members may be usedto secure one edge of the cufi at the buttonhole toward the rear edge ofthe cuff, while the remaining member still serves as a flap whereby thatedge of the cuff may be attached to the wristband.

What I claim is 1. As a new article of manufacture, a cuff attachmentfor fastening a cuff to a wristband, comprising several narrow wingmembers, whose width is much less than their length,

said members attached together but movat a common axis,said axis beingmuch shorter able with respect to each other each of said than thelength of said members. 10 members having a partof suitable attachingSigned at 33 Pine street, New York city, means. this 27th day ofJanuary, 1898.

5 2. As a new article of manufacture, a cud DAVID J. GUE.

attachment, comprising a plurality of wing \Vitnesses: members eachhaving attaching means, one DAVID SCOTT,

end of each member being joined to the others PIERRE W. WILDEY.

